Don't use tax money to hurt workers' rights

Last year I showed up at the Statehouse to protest the proposed right-to-work law. The name itself is misleading to the point of outright fraud. The law does not provide people the right to a job or any rights if they are lucky enough to land a job. It merely gives them the right to reject union dues, which will eventually lead to less rights, less benefits and less money for all workers.

My protests, however, fell on deaf ears. The Republican majority in the legislature was already bought and paid for. Why listen to the citizen rabble?

The empty promises made by the politicians have largely gone unfulfilled. Indiana is still well behind the curve when it comes to job creation, employment or per-capita income. It has succeeded in making the rich and powerful, more rich and powerful.

A Lake County judge has struck down the law as violating the state's constitution. The state's attorney general has promised to fight the judge's decision (with some of my tax money). Money doesn't talk in Indiana; it screams at the top of its lungs. I am sure that big money will once again win out. I just hate the thought that the state will use tax money from the workers to destroy what few rights a worker has.

Frank H. Werker

Carmel

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Don't use tax money to hurt workers' rights

Last year I showed up at the Statehouse to protest the proposed right-to-work law. The name itself is misleading to the point of outright fraud. The law does not provide people the right to a job or